William Jensen

Seriously? Do you know some of the side-effects of Xanax? One of them is irratability. There have also been reports of people going completely out of control. Even if it works perfectly, what happens in case of an emergency?

How about we keep the dang TSA out of this? The TSA is NOT responsible for checking bag sizes, nor should they be. The AIRLINE should do this!
Once in a great while I've seen a brave Gate Agent throw down on an idiot who tried to bring a 1.5x size "carry-on" through the boarding gate. I thank them every time I see that!

My Dad was an "old school" pilot with TWA in the useta days & he knew the guys on Flight 841 (727 that flipped over near DTW & headed for the ground @ near Mach 1. The "black box" recordings were "inadvertently" erased due to the breaker being reset. The flight crew likely did that because they didn't want the NTSB to listen to their previous "private" conversations that happened before the event, let alone the likely interesting comments on the way down to 5,000 ft before they pulled it out of the dive.

That's the whole point of it. People in "the government" are getting back at us for daring to slow down the increase in spending. These faceless bureaucrats are going to hurt the entire country with their game playing. I have no doubt that people "in the trenches" are fine, upstanding citizens, but when they join in the game of repeating the lies, then they're just as complicit.
There's no reason to furlough people, shut down White House tours, etc. There is plenty of fat that can be cut out of various budgets and not affect things like the air traffic control system.

The airline stole electronics from you? How about someone got into your luggage. Also, why in the world did you have that much worth of electronics in your luggage? Doesn't seem like the best place to put them.